Yo La Tengo Take Your Requests

This Sunday from 5 to 8 PM, Gaylord Fields and Bob Brainen will mark the halfway point of the WFMU fundraising Marathon by once again enlisting Yo La Tengo to take your calls, pledges and cover song requests, which will then be brought to life over the air. Where else but on WFMU can you the mighty listener take the reins of a legendary band's set list and make them play "Cruel Summer" by Bananarama?

The Yo La Tengo request-a-thon has been a staple here at the station since 1996 and those looking to relive the magic of years past can also pick up "Yo La Tengo is Murdering the Classics" which contains highlights from the first seven years. Lovely cover artwork for this release courtesy of Adrian Tomine.

Yo La Tengo - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

Comments

[Ken Katkin]

This was a hard year IMHO, with more than the usual number of obscurities to identify. But here is my best stab at keeping a setlist. Any help in correcting in errors or filling in blanks would be welcome.

Yo La Tengo
WFMU All-Request Marathon
Sunday March 2, 2008

Roky Erickson - Starry Eyes
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Badlands (dedicated to Glen Jones)
Velvet Underground - She's My Best Friend
Velvet Underground - Run Run Run

Ken from Cincinnati (me!) wins the Lee Hazlewood CD).

The Who - I Can't Explain
Brian Eno - Baby's On Fire
Feelies (?) - Slow Down (?)
Big Star - I'm In Love With A Girl
(?) "My Baby Put Me on the Critical List" (?)
Black Sabbath - Sweet Leaf

Cream - Tales of Brave Ulysses
Sugarloaf - Green Eyed Lady
The Cramps (?)
Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made For Walking

Thin Lizzy - The Cowboy Song
Wild Angels/Bonnie St. Claire (?) - "Clap Your Hands, Stamp your feet, abba dabba dabba do" (?)
(?) "It'll be our world" (?)
Elvis Costello - What's So Funny About Peace Love & Understanding?

(?) "Bridget doesn't know she doesn't understand. Please don't shout Bridget because" (?)
Wire -Mannequin
Elvis Presley - Viva Las Vegas
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks

Feelies - Only Life
Iggy Pop - The Passenger
Troggs - With A Girl Like You
Ron Davis/Rodd Keith (?) - "Mystery Called Love" (?)
Kinks - See My Friends

Rick Springfield - Jesse's Girl
Bobby Darin/Johnny Cash (Tim Hardin) - If I Were A Carpenter
Rivieras/Ramones - California Sun
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Linda Rondstadt (Mike Nesmith) - Different Drum

Iggy Pop - Search and Destroy
Rolling Stones - Paint It Black
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit

The Big Bopper / Jerry Lee Lewis - Chantilly Lace Medley:
Fame Theme Song
Queen - Another One Bites The Dust
Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight
"At last I'm free I can hardly see in front of me"
Frogs - Now You Know You're Black
"My litte girl, I bet you went out every night" (?)
Burt Bacharach / Carpenters - "What Do You get When You Fall in Love
Bob Dylan - I'll keep it with mine
Modern Lovers - A Plea For Tenderness
Poppa Pass The Biscuits
Bobby Gentry - Ode To Billy Joe
Richard Harris - Macarthur Park (Someone Left A Cake Out In The Rain)
Pretenders - Tattooed Love Boys
Banana Splits Theme Song
Earth Wind and Fire - Boogie Wonderland
"Ain't Got Nothing" (?)
Francis Scott Key - Star Spangled Banner

[Michael Cook]

I believe that the song after "Green Eyed Lady" was The Sonics' "Shot Down"

[jumba]

congrats Ken, and thanks for the setlist. (and thanks of course to FMU and YLT for the tunes!)

looks like you're right, 'Slow Down' is the Feelies: http://www.tt.net/coyote/projects/8673.html

and 'Critical List' is by The Fleshtones:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=16935504

[Ken Katkin]

Okay, here's a second draft of the 2008 Yo La Tengo WFMU all-request marathon setlist. This was definitely not an easy year to complete the list. Thanks to metafilter poster Kowalski for identifying the Sonics song in the second set and the Hypnolovewheel song in the fourth set. Thanks to WFMU Beware of the Blog poster jumba for identifying the Fleshtones song in the second set. Thanks especially to Ira Kaplan for taking mercy upon me and filling in the remaining blanks. Any further help in correcting any remaining errors would be welcome.

Yo La Tengo
WFMU All-Request Marathon
Sunday March 2, 2008

1. Roky Erickson - Starry Eyes
2. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Badlands
(dedicated to Glen Jones)
3. Velvet Underground - She's My Best Friend
4. Velvet Underground - Run Run Run

[Ken from Cincinnati (me!) wins the Lee Hazlewood CD]

5. The Who - I Can't Explain
6. Brian Eno - Baby's On Fire
7. Feelies - Slow Down
8. Big Star - I'm In Love With A Girl
9. Fleshtones - Critical List
10. Black Sabbath - Sweet Leaf

11. Cream - Tales of Brave Ulysses
12. Sugarloaf - Green Eyed Lady
13. The Sonics - Shot Down
14. Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra
- These Boots Are Made For Walking

15. Thin Lizzy - The Cowboy Song
16. T. Lance & the Coctails - Aba Dabba Doo Dance
17. Individuals - Our World
18. Nick Lowe / Elvis Costello - What's So Funny
About Peace Love & Understanding?

19. Hypnolovewheel - Bridget Because
20. Wire - Mannequin
21. Elvis Presley - Viva Las Vegas
22. The Undertones - Teenage Kicks

23. Feelies - Only Life
24. Iggy Pop - The Passenger
25. Troggs - With A Girl Like You
26. Ron Davis/Rodd Keith - Mystery Called Love
27. Kinks - See My Friends

28. Rick Springfield - Jesse's Girl
29. Bobby Darin / Johnny (& June Carter) Cash (Tim Hardin)
- If I Were A Carpenter
30. Rivieras/Ramones - California Sun
31. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
32. Linda Rondstadt (Mike Nesmith) - Different Drum

33. Iggy Pop - Search and Destroy
34. Rolling Stones - Paint It Black
35. Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit

36. The Big Bopper / Jerry Lee Lewis - Chantilly Lace Medley:
Fame (Theme Song);
Queen - Another One Bites The Dust;
Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight;
Chic / Robert Wyatt - At Last I Am Free;
Frogs - Now You Know You're Black;
Beach Boys - Girl Don't Tell Me;
Burt Bacharach / Carpenters - What Do You Get When You Fall In Love?;
Bob Dylan - I'll Keep It With Mine;
Modern Lovers - A Plea For Tenderness [my request];
Kinks - Waterloo Sunset;
"Poppa Pass The Biscuits" (?);
Bobby Gentry - Ode To Billy Joe;
Jimmy Webb/Richard Harris - Macarthur Park;
Pretenders - Tattooed Love Boys;
Banana Splits Theme Song;
Earth Wind and Fire - Boogie Wonderland;
Television - Ain't That Nothing;
Francis Scott Key - Star Spangled Banner.

[Josh Pille]

Ken-- You're my hero!
Without this set list, I'd be totally lost. You rock!